Koeman's blacklist

Ronald Koeman must be acknowledged that he already warned some of those affected that their situation would be very difficult and that the best solution would be to leave the club, while, in other cases, The Dutch coach has already communicated directly to the technical secretariat that they are looking for an exit for the winter market regarding a player, because he considers that it has no place in his project.

In total there are six footballers, who, for one reason or another, are playing a testimonial role at this start of the season. The most paradigmatic case is that of the Brazilian Matheus Fernandez, that not only has it not yet entered a call, but the club has not presented it. The technicians consider that the midfielder, who played half a season on loan at Valladolid, has no level to play for Barcelona. And that the Blaugrana club paid seven million euros to Palmeiras, plus the option of three more in variables.

In fact, Matheus, along with Samuel Umtiti, is the only footballer who still has the counter at zero minutes after ten official matches played. The case of the French central defender is different, because he has been off the pitch since he was injured on July 2. Now she has accumulated two weeks exercising with the group, confident of being discharged in the coming weeks.

But there are other players who are going through a particularly difficult time since Koeman's arrival. They are the homegrown players Riqui Puig and Carles Aleñá. The ostracism they are experiencing with the Dutch coach has affected their career in such a way that they have not entered the last squad of the sub'21. And it is that Riqui has only played three minutes this season -Getafe (1-0) -, for six of Aleñá -Dinamo of Kiev (2-1) -. In any case, Koeman already warned both of them about the situation they would find themselves if they decided to stay, so they just have to grit their teeth and keep fighting.

Junior Firpo's case is also very clear. Koeman doesn't count on him. Not even Jordi Alba's injury opened the doors to starting him: the coach preferred to place Sergiño Dest on the left, despite not being his natural band, rather than give Junior the alternative. The player, who adds 29 minutes, is a firm candidate to go out in the winter market.

By last, Danish forward Martin Braithwaite is not having much prominence at the start of the season either, despite being, theoretically, the only pure 9 on the squad. Braithwaite has only come out in the last minutes and contributing rather little in attack, with a balance of zero goals. The international, who is now confined to his national team, has only played 38 minutes in total.

Among this range of six players, the outputs in the winter market will be distributed in order to incorporate two pieces that Koeman considers vital to consolidate and grow his project: forward Memphis Depay and center back Eric Garcia.